奥拉姆is re-imagining global agriculture and food systems, using technology to create safer, more efficient and sustainable ways of operating. To deliver its goals, the organization needed to break away from the restrictions of a three-tiered infrastructure and move to a form of software-driven IT that could support a mix of private and public clouds.
奥拉姆chose a Nutanix Cloud Platform, unifying management across clouds and gaining the performance and reliability for all its mission-critical workloads. The company, which successfully scaled the platform to support 95 percent of applications, is now driving its end-to-end digital transformation strategy using Nutanix.
Today, Nutanix software ensures 99.999 percent availability and has reduced IT incidents by 85 percent. Server utilization has risen to 70 percent while infrastructure costs have fallen 30 percent. When the pandemic struck, Olam was able to react quickly through the Nutanix Cloud Platform, ramping up the virtual desktop infrastructure to support 1,500 remote workers, gaining 100 percent end-user satisfaction across the business.
行业
农业和采矿
好处
- Helps drive end-to-end digital transformation strategy
- Ensures 99.999% availability and reduces IT incidents by 85%
- Increases server utilization to 70% from 20-30%
- 将基础设施成本降低30％
- 在3-4周内将VDI快速缩放到1,500名员工
- 在整个组织范围内获得100％最终用户满意度
解决方案
Nutanix云平台
- Acropolis Software, including built-in hypervisor, AHV and Security Configuration Management Automation
- Prism Pro管理平面
- Files scale-out storage
申请
- 树液enterprise resource management (ERP)
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft SQL Server和MySQL数据库
- VMware Horizon
With Nutanix, we are digitally transforming the agri-business, improving the quality of produce and the sustainability of production while giving many farmers a first-time opportunity to improve yields.
Thiagaraja Manikandan，Olam International总裁兼首席执行官集团/CTO集团
挑战
Olam International（OLAM）是一家领先的食品和农业业务，为全球25,000多个客户提供食品，食材，饲料和营养。该公司总部位于新加坡，雇用约87,600人，定义了其重新想象全球农业和食品系统的作用。对于Olam来说，这意味着创造使用技术的更安全，更高效，更可持续的操作方式。确实，早在2016年，该公司就确定了在整个农业企业价值链中的无人机，机器人技术，人工智能和机器学习软件的好处。
奥拉姆set out a bold end-to-end digital transformation strategy. It was based on multiple platforms, interconnecting the business, encompassing farmers, processing plants, logistics, and customers. As Thiagaraja Manikandan, President & Group CIO/CTO, Olam explains, the strategy was a response to a changing world. “People are increasingly buying through digital channels, such as ecommerce and social media,” he comments. “Plus, farmers are using smartphones to access knowledge bases for informed decisions on raising crops.”
奥拉姆（Olam）在云上将其数字策略存储在云上。它将消除Olam现在使用的传统三层基础设施的复杂性。它还将分解边界，从而阻止了OLAM跨越数据的自由流动。该公司计划遵循一个混合云模型，该模型将私有云结合在一起，以便对其业务数据进行更大的控制与公共云的大规模计算资源。Manikandan先生补充说：“本质上，我们想抽象本地和公共云，并使用软件在单个体系结构上运行和管理工作负载。”
解决方案
在审查了来自多个供应商的解决方案之后，Olam专注于Nutanix云平台。记得Manikandan先生：“使用Nutanix，我们可以构建一个软件供电的层，以轻松支持超规模的多云基础架构。它为我们提供了推动我们的数字策略并将其提升到一个新的水平的IT。”
OLAM从三节点Nutanix超融合基础架构（HCI）开始，以便在提供多云管理功能的同时为其混合云提供动力。然后，奥拉姆（Olam）继续将工作量迁移到努拉尼克斯（Nutanix），随着传统硬件的寿命终止，购买了其他节点。OLAM的IT基础设施和运营全球负责人Sachin Verma说：“每增加一个节点，我们都会看到更大的性能和能力。在两年半的时间里，我们实施了40多个Nutanix节点，如今，该节点支持整个IT堆栈的95％。”在Nutanix上运行的应用程序包括SAP Enterprise资源计划（ERP）系统以及MySQL和Microsoft SQL Server数据库。Nutanix节点还支持VMware Horizon虚拟桌面基础结构（VDI）以及Microsoft Exchange。
为了简化管理，Olam使用了Nutanix Prism Pro，该Pro Pro Pro自动执行通用任务并生成可行的见解。Verma先生将单击升级功能作为关键好处。“它简化了整个过程，无论是软件还是固件升级，而Prism Pro控制台允许您通过单个接口管理整个IT足迹。”OLAM部署了Nutanix文件，一种软件定义的扩展存储解决方案，以支持其VDI并简化文件服务器的管理。Verma先生说：“它可以帮助我们避免单点故障，并创建高度可扩展，易于管理的文件服务器堆栈。”
Thanks to the operational ease of the Nutanix Cloud Platform, we’re no longer spending time on managing infrastructure but looking at how we can drive Olam digital transformation goals and add more value.
Sachin Verma, Global Head of IT Infrastructure and Operations, Olam International
CUSTOMER OUTCOMES
端到端的数字转型策略
奥拉姆（Olam）成功地重新想象全球农业和粮食系统，建立了更高效，更可持续的方式来交付农业企业的产品和服务。该公司的数字策略正在通过多个渠道与消费者和农民进行新的互动。该策略建立在混合云方法的基础上，Nutanix提供可以管理跨越私有云和公共云的工具。Manikandan先生说：“ Nutanix Cloud平台是一项综合技术游戏。”“这使奥拉姆能够统一其数字化转型策略。”
确保99.999％的可用性并将事件降低85％
Even though the architecture has to support operations across 70 countries, maintaining uptime 24/7 isn’t an issue with Nutanix. The company is achieving 99.999 percent availability for its applications running on both private and public clouds. Furthermore, thanks to proactive management using Nutanix Prism Pro, the number of help-desk tickets compared to the legacy three-infrastructure has plummeted. “The reliability of our Nutanix Cloud Platform has resulted in an 85 percent drop in the number of reported IT incidents,” says Mr Verma.
Increase server utilization to 70% from 20-30%
By eliminating standalone compute and storage layers, Olam has boosted resource utilization. Mr Verma describes breaking free from the average utilization rate of 20-30 percent around for three-tier infrastructures. “The beauty of the Nutanix Cloud Platform is you remove all that, and hence our utilization is never lower than 70 percent nowadays.”
Reduces infrastructure costs by 30%
搬到Nutanix的举动从OLAM的IT费用中取出了很大一部分。硬件成本，功率和冷却以及管理时间的降低使基础设施的支出降低了30％。这不仅是向业务报告的好数字，而且还可以释放资源以进行进一步的投资。Manikandan先生明确了最后一点。他说：“您可以将更多的精力集中在创建世界一流的基础设施上。”
Launched VDI for 1,500 in 3-4 weeks
Nutanix Cloud平台还为Olam提供了新的敏捷水平，在Covid-19击中时显而易见，许多员工不得不远程工作。Verma先生说：“我们能够在Nutanix上大规模扩大我们的VDI，以在短短3-4周内为大约1,500名员工提供支持。”VDI确保在关键时刻确保安全的家庭工作，从而将大流行对运营的干扰最小化。他补充说：“ 35个国家 /地区的员工可以远程访问他们度过这个充满挑战的时间所需的数据。”
获得100％最终用户满意度
The response to COVID-19 has gained Nutanix a lot of fans across OLAM. Indeed, people’s feelings towards IT have never been more positive, and the consensus is that technology is more supportive than ever. “There’s 100 percent satisfaction with the Nutanix solution,” states Mr Verma.
下一步
OLAM计划同时测试Nutanix Calm，这是一个多云应用程序生命周期管理框架，也可以测试用于数据库的Nutanix ERA。这些解决方案是广泛的IT路线图的一部分，还包括用于处理和存储数据的边缘计算，以更接近所需的位置。Manikandan先生总结说：“我们的数字化转型将继续在我们的Nutanix Cloud平台的支持下，并由我们的动态HCI提供动力。”